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Investigators hopeful jet will soon be found

By Mike Bern | October 2, 1997

Investigators searching for the 40-foot-long Lear jet that disappeared while attempting to land at Lebanon Airport on December 24 are now concentrating their efforts in northwestern Massachusetts, based on a recent review of flight information and eyewitness interviews. The search for the missing jet so far has been focused in New Hampshire and Vermont.

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Bridge to be completed by fall '98

By Ritika Nandkeolyar | October 2, 1997

Although half of the construction work on Ledyard Bridge will be completed within the month, the traffic bottlenecks on West Wheelock Street aren't likely to improve until next year. The Ledyard Bridge -- which has faced delays and budgeting problems since the start of its construction in 1995 -- should be ready for traffic by the end of October 1998, said Department of Transportation spokesman Bill Boynton. Boynton said there have been minimal delays since the summer, and construction is expected to proceed on schedule. Workers are beginning paving and erecting safety barriers.

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Judge: Princeton Review must correct false claims: Test prep group must cover up claims on books, CDs

By Eun Lee Koh | October 2, 1997

A U.S. District Court in New York yesterday ordered The Princeton Review to paste stickers over misleading statements on the covers of thousands of the test preparation books the company sells to high school and college students. In settling the lawsuit brought by its leading competitor -- the Kaplan Education Centers -- The Princeton Review agreed to send stickers to bookstores and software distributors to cover up false claims on the 1998 edition of the book Cracking the GMAT CAT and the computer software Inside the SAT and ACT Deluxe. Kaplan also asked for the recall of the two products as well as compensation from The Princeton Review in monetary damages -- the court granted neither concession. The court also found no fault or liability by The Princeton Review. The Princeton Review said the misleading statements are accidental, and the lawsuit is an attempt by Kaplan to damage the company's image. "This is one of the goofiest lawsuits," said Princeton Review spokesman Paul Cohen.

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College wins victory in fight over rugby clubhouse: $1 million, 5,400 square foot facility on Reservoir Road to be 'finest rugby facility in America,' coach says

By Michelle Comeau | October 1, 1997

The Hanover Zoning Board has rejected a local resident's request that the College be forced to seek special permission to build a 5,400 square-foot Rugby clubhouse on Reservoir Road, one mile north of campus. Frederick Crory, who lives near the empty lot where the College plans to locate the building, argued that an outdoor recreational facility needs a special exception to Hanover zoning laws.

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Professors hope movies will make math fun

By Brad Russo | October 1, 1997

A group of Dartmouth mathematics professors is spending its federal grant money in a silly way. The professors are using part of a $4 million National Science Foundation grant to produce four movies designed to make calculus more fun for students.

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El Nino means less snow for Hanover

By Jack Elberg | September 30, 1997

Meteorologists are predicting abnormally light snowfall for the winter, due to worldwide weather disturbances caused by El Nino -- the term for an unusual warming in part of the Pacific Ocean. El Nino will likely leave Hanover with 25 percent less snowfall then normal, according to National Weather Service meteorologist Bob Thompson. During an El Nino, the water in the tropical pacific ocean off the coast of Peru is unusually warm.

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Foodstop cracks down on parking-lot loitering

By Robert Isaacs | September 30, 1997

The Foodstop convenience store has asked Hanover Police for help in reducing the number of local teenagers who use the store's parking lot as a gathering place. Hanover Police will "ask persons who do not belong at the Foodstop to leave," according to flyers posted by Foodstop management.

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One week after riots, uneasy peace at UNH

By Sebastian Barrevled | September 29, 1997

DURHAM, Sept. 27 -- One week after University of New Hampshire police used dogs, pepper spray and riot gear to disperse a gathering of 600 students here, the campus has returned to an uneasy calm, fraught with paranoia and distrust. Although there have been no major disturbances this weekend, both students and police are tense. State and local police patrol on foot and by squad car, and television networks have set up video cameras in areas where students are known to congregate.

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Freedman will not take part in search process

By Staff Reorters | September 29, 1997

College President James Freedman will not participate in the search for his successor, although the Board of Trustees will keep him updated on the status of the process, he said yesterday. "It is appropriate for a president not to participate,'' Freedman said.

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Students stunned by resignation

By Jake Elberg | September 29, 1997

Only hours after College President James Freedman announced to the press last Thursday that he would resign after Commencement, the news traveled quickly throughout the student body, mostly via electronic-mail. Students were surprised and many saddened as they were left to wonder and debate, what lasting impressions Freedman would leave on Dartmouth.

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